Population of Portugal

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Portugal is 10,120,011 as of March 30, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Portugal is projected at 10,167,925 or 10.168 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Portugal is projected at 10,196,709 or 10.197 million people for the year 2020. Portugal ranks number 90th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Portugal is ranked 14th among 48 countries in Europe.

Portugal's population peaked in 2009 with 10.60 mn people after Portugal's population decreased year by year. The Portugal population is projected to reach 9.91 million in 2030 and decrease further to 9.08 million in 2050 and 6.98 million by 2100. Portugal accounts for 0.13 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.32% of 1952 and is projected to decline at 0.06% by 2100.

Portugal was at 42nd position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 115th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Portugal population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	8,416,967	-	-	0.33
1951	8,418,733	1,766	0.02	0.33
1952	8,451,546	32,813	0.39	0.32
1953	8,503,174	51,628	0.61	0.32
1954	8,563,707	60,533	0.71	0.31
1955	8,625,532	61,825	0.72	0.31
1956	8,683,419	57,887	0.67	0.31
1957	8,734,426	51,007	0.59	0.30
1958	8,777,697	43,271	0.50	0.30
1959	8,814,022	36,325	0.41	0.30
1960	8,844,645	30,623	0.35	0.29
1961	8,869,986	25,341	0.29	0.29
1962	8,888,513	18,527	0.21	0.28
1963	8,896,272	7,759	0.09	0.28
1964	8,888,225	-8,047	-0.09	0.27
1965	8,862,280	-25,945	-0.29	0.27
1966	8,814,786	-47,494	-0.54	0.26
1967	8,750,858	-63,928	-0.73	0.25
1968	8,687,876	-62,982	-0.72	0.24
1969	8,649,253	-38,623	-0.44	0.24
1970	8,651,340	2,087	0.02	0.23
1971	8,699,997	48,657	0.56	0.23
1972	8,789,102	89,105	1.02	0.23
1973	8,907,926	118,824	1.35	0.23
1974	9,039,975	132,049	1.48	0.23
1975	9,172,241	132,266	1.46	0.22
1976	9,302,298	130,057	1.42	0.22
1977	9,431,043	128,745	1.38	0.22
1978	9,552,604	121,561	1.29	0.22
1979	9,660,746	108,142	1.13	0.22
1980	9,750,964	90,218	0.93	0.22
1981	9,820,872	69,908	0.72	0.22
1982	9,870,823	49,951	0.51	0.21
1983	9,902,997	32,174	0.33	0.21
1984	9,921,241	18,244	0.18	0.21
1985	9,929,184	7,943	0.08	0.20
1986	9,926,416	-2,768	-0.03	0.20
1987	9,914,066	-12,350	-0.12	0.20
1988	9,899,198	-14,868	-0.15	0.19
1989	9,890,822	-8,376	-0.08	0.19
1990	9,895,364	4,542	0.05	0.19
1991	9,916,049	20,685	0.21	0.18
1992	9,951,303	35,254	0.36	0.18
1993	9,996,640	45,337	0.46	0.18
1994	10,045,044	48,404	0.48	0.18
1995	10,091,325	46,281	0.46	0.18
1996	10,134,020	42,695	0.42	0.17
1997	10,174,563	40,543	0.40	0.17
1998	10,214,052	39,489	0.39	0.17
1999	10,254,490	40,438	0.40	0.17
2000	10,297,112	42,622	0.42	0.17
2001	10,341,454	44,342	0.43	0.17
2002	10,385,987	44,533	0.43	0.16
2003	10,429,612	43,625	0.42	0.16
2004	10,470,921	41,309	0.40	0.16
2005	10,508,495	37,574	0.36	0.16
2006	10,542,830	34,335	0.33	0.16
2007	10,573,143	30,313	0.29	0.16
2008	10,595,314	22,171	0.21	0.16
2009	10,604,056	8,742	0.08	0.15
2010	10,596,058	-7,998	-0.08	0.15
2011	10,569,380	-26,678	-0.25	0.15
2012	10,526,308	-43,072	-0.41	0.15
2013	10,473,021	-53,287	-0.51	0.15
2014	10,418,218	-54,803	-0.52	0.14
2015	10,368,351	-49,867	-0.48	0.14
2016	10,325,538	-42,813	-0.41	0.14
2017	10,288,527	-37,011	-0.36	0.14
2018	10,256,193	-32,334	-0.31	0.13
2019	10,226,187	-30,006	-0.29	0.13

Portugal population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	10,196,709	-29,478	-0.29	0.13
2021	10,167,925	-28,784	-0.28	0.13
2022	10,140,570	-27,355	-0.27	0.13
2023	10,114,023	-26,547	-0.26	0.13
2024	10,087,500	-26,523	-0.26	0.12
2025	10,060,418	-27,082	-0.27	0.12
2026	10,032,453	-27,965	-0.28	0.12
2027	10,003,588	-28,865	-0.29	0.12
2028	9,973,883	-29,705	-0.30	0.12
2029	9,943,534	-30,349	-0.30	0.12
2030	9,912,679	-30,855	-0.31	0.12
2031	9,881,242	-31,437	-0.32	0.11
2032	9,849,064	-32,178	-0.33	0.11
2033	9,816,084	-32,980	-0.33	0.11
2034	9,782,252	-33,832	-0.34	0.11
2035	9,747,506	-34,746	-0.36	0.11
2036	9,711,807	-35,699	-0.37	0.11
2037	9,675,118	-36,689	-0.38	0.11
2038	9,637,344	-37,774	-0.39	0.11
2039	9,598,415	-38,929	-0.40	0.11
2040	9,558,265	-40,150	-0.42	0.10
2041	9,516,870	-41,395	-0.43	0.10
2042	9,474,211	-42,659	-0.45	0.10
2043	9,430,226	-43,985	-0.46	0.10
2044	9,384,869	-45,357	-0.48	0.10
2045	9,338,123	-46,746	-0.50	0.10
2046	9,289,970	-48,153	-0.52	0.10
2047	9,240,468	-49,502	-0.53	0.10
2048	9,189,684	-50,784	-0.55	0.10
2049	9,137,687	-51,997	-0.57	0.09
2050	9,084,576	-53,111	-0.58	0.09
2051	9,030,427	-54,149	-0.60	0.09
2052	8,975,310	-55,117	-0.61	0.09
2053	8,919,333	-55,977	-0.62	0.09
2054	8,862,628	-56,705	-0.64	0.09
2055	8,805,332	-57,296	-0.65	0.09
2056	8,747,544	-57,788	-0.66	0.09
2057	8,689,388	-58,156	-0.66	0.09
2058	8,631,003	-58,385	-0.67	0.09
2059	8,572,529	-58,474	-0.68	0.08
2060	8,514,103	-58,426	-0.68	0.08
2061	8,455,866	-58,237	-0.68	0.08
2062	8,397,934	-57,932	-0.69	0.08
2063	8,340,490	-57,444	-0.68	0.08
2064	8,283,667	-56,823	-0.68	0.08
2065	8,227,647	-56,020	-0.68	0.08
2066	8,172,526	-55,121	-0.67	0.08
2067	8,118,413	-54,113	-0.66	0.08
2068	8,065,494	-52,919	-0.65	0.08
2069	8,013,948	-51,546	-0.64	0.08
2070	7,963,946	-50,002	-0.62	0.08
2071	7,915,534	-48,412	-0.61	0.08
2072	7,868,749	-46,785	-0.59	0.07
2073	7,823,635	-45,114	-0.57	0.07
2074	7,780,203	-43,432	-0.56	0.07
2075	7,738,441	-41,762	-0.54	0.07
2076	7,698,340	-40,101	-0.52	0.07
2077	7,659,866	-38,474	-0.50	0.07
2078	7,622,889	-36,977	-0.48	0.07
2079	7,587,264	-35,625	-0.47	0.07
2080	7,552,823	-34,441	-0.45	0.07
2081	7,519,517	-33,306	-0.44	0.07
2082	7,487,262	-32,255	-0.43	0.07
2083	7,455,878	-31,384	-0.42	0.07
2084	7,425,157	-30,721	-0.41	0.07
2085	7,394,920	-30,237	-0.41	0.07
2086	7,365,097	-29,823	-0.40	0.07
2087	7,335,643	-29,454	-0.40	0.07
2088	7,306,516	-29,127	-0.40	0.07
2089	7,277,669	-28,847	-0.39	0.07
2090	7,249,093	-28,576	-0.39	0.07
2091	7,220,776	-28,317	-0.39	0.07
2092	7,192,732	-28,044	-0.39	0.07
2093	7,164,983	-27,749	-0.39	0.07
2094	7,137,580	-27,403	-0.38	0.07
2095	7,110,579	-27,001	-0.38	0.07
2096	7,084,056	-26,523	-0.37	0.07
2097	7,058,111	-25,945	-0.37	0.06
2098	7,032,852	-25,259	-0.36	0.06
2099	7,008,417	-24,435	-0.35	0.06
2100	6,984,955	-23,462	-0.33	0.06